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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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